Several updates to the Ambulatory Surgical Center payment system recently went into effect, so ensure that your staff knows about these changes, including new HCPCS codes, a deleted code, and revisions.
Medical coding message forums can help coders find the answers to tough coding scenarios and keep claims moving. But remind everyone on your team to make sure their request for help doesn’t create compliance risks or endanger their employment.
The Office of the Inspector General announced it is launching a new audit of evaluation and management services billed on the same day as minor procedures effective March 16, 2026.
The AMA announced several changes coming to maternity care service codes for the 2027 CPT code set in a move aimed to allow care to be reported more specifically across all phases of pregnancy. Note : To access this free article, make sure you first register here if you do not have a paid subscription.
Train your staff on the first batch of medically unlikely edits for CPT codes that went into effect January 1, 2026, along with new edits that just went into effect on April 1.
The phrase “don’t reinvent the wheel” applies well to the development of an outpatient CDI program when a mature inpatient CDI foundation already exists. The challenge is not whether the wheel can be reused, but how to navigate the differences.
Radiation oncology is a specialty utilizing radioelements either externally or internally to treat medical conditions such as cancer. This article serves as a primer for coding radiation oncology services.
